An "Accidental" Joy!

Rating: 8/10 (30 May 2000)

To be honest, I saw this movie by accident! I was on a cross country flight and got free headsets due to the tardiness of the flight and didn't know what the movie was. But though my first instinct was to listen to music, I dove in. And I was rewarded! I knew nothing about this gem at the beginning, but soon found myself deep in the color and aura of the pictures and caring for this main character, played so openly and freely by the talented Tim Roth. The support was admirable, Pruitt Taylor Vance's Max and Clarence Williams III's intense turn as jazz great Jelly Roll Morton. If you love music, you have to see this! If you love an interesting story, and tire of the normal pablum drifted our way by Hollywood and are ready to experience something unusual, give this a try. You can find all kinds of meaning for you here, it made me think, it made me feel. And that is all anyone can ask from a surprising little gem!